Best of our wild blogs: 14 Jan 09

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Mauve tips a rare anemone seen on Semakau on the annotated budak blog Pacific Reef Egret: A fish too large to handle on Cyrene Reef on the B...

Rescued dugong at Underwater World celebrates 12th birthday

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Imelda Saad, Channel NewsAsia 13 Jan 09; SINGAPORE: Twelve years after Gracie the sea cow was rescued off the shores of Singapore, she is n...

Electric scooter may zip Singapore's way

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LTA gives initial nod to new E-Max bike, which importer says will bring big fuel savings Tessa Wong, Straits Times 14 Jan 09; THE Land Tran...

Memo from Bangkok: She gives elephants a taste of freedom

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Owner of Thai sanctuary nurses injured and abused elephants back to health Nirmal Ghosh, The Straits Times 14 Jan 09; SITTING in the shade ...

Cold snap hits Thailand

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At least five deaths reported as temperatures in the north plunge to 2 deg C Straits Times 14 Jan 09; BANGKOK: An unusually severe cold spe...

Strong Winds Cause Disasters in Indonesia

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Tempo 13 Jan 09; TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Natural disasters caused by strong winds have been happening in some areas in Indonesia for the...

Mercury in gold mining: a Third World toxic threat

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Michael Casey, Associated Press International Herald Tribune 10 Jan 09; KERENGPANGI, Indonesia: A gold miner stands waist-deep in a pollute...

EU Assembly Votes To Ban Toxic Pesticides

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Jeremy Smith, PlanetArk 14 Jan 09; BRUSSELS - European Parliament members voted on Tuesday to ban some of the most toxic and dangerous pest...

Malaysia now a global hub ... for wildlife smuggling!

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Yeng Ai Chun, The Star 13 Jan 09; KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is ranked among the top 10 illegal wildlife smuggling hubs in the world, specialis...

Four more slaughtered tigers seized in Malaysia

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WWF 13 Jan 09; Kuala Lumpur – Thai highway police unexpectedly underlined the seriousness of the tiger trafficking problem in Southeast Asi...

Vietnam starts $112 million climate change program

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Thanh Nien News 13 Jan 09; Vietnam’s environment agency Monday formally launched its VND1.96 trillion (US$112.44 million) program to prote...

Best of our wild blogs: 13 Jan 09

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Sungei Buloh Masterplan blog this brand new blog seeks your inputs and views! New species? on the Pulau Hantu blog Sea cucumbers and echinod...